'Paterson,' 'Elle,' 'Manchester by the Sea' Among New York Film Festival 2016 Lineup

From left: 'Personal Shopper,' 'Manchester by the Sea,' 'Elle,' 'Paterson' and 'Unknown Girl' are among NYFF's main slate.

Films starring Kristen Stewart, Adam Driver, Casey Affleck and Isabelle Huppert will screen at the fest, which is set to kick off Sept. 30.

“Good filmmaking is by people who need to get their films made, and will do anything it takes to do that,” Kent Jones, New York Film Festival director and selection committee chair, told reporters Tuesday morning as the Film Society of Lincoln Center unveiled the fest’s 2016 main slate.

The 54th New York Film Festival is set to run Sept. 30-Oct. 16. Selections for its Special Events, Spotlight on Documentary, Retrospective, Convergence and Projections sections, as well as filmmaker conversations and panels, will be announced in the coming weeks. See the full main slate below.

Opening night: The 13th, directed by Ava DuVernay
Centerpiece: 20th Century Women, directed by Mike Mills
Closing night: The Lost Cityof Z, directed by James Gray